He transcended the sport of boxing, and inspired millions to be bold, resolute, and kind. By Willie D Editor’s note: Willie D is a member of the legendary platinum-selling rap group the Geto Boys, and writes Ask Willie D, a top-rated weekly advice column that appears in the Houston Press each Thursday. He is a…

“When you want a change, lead it, go against the grain and involve the right people to help you execute it.” – Jarvis Johnson Jarvis D. Johnson was born on September 27, 1971 into a family who was already a very vital part of the community in which he was reared. His mother, Cleo Johnson…

Tensions were high at Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church, where is Pastor, as Kimberly Willis and Jarvis Johnson took center stage in a very intense debate. Passions were rising as each candidate fought hard to share their beliefs, political platforms, occasionally dissing one another, and throwing out facts that some people in the audience thought…

Cleveland, Ohio city administrators have agreed to settle a federal lawsuit filed by the family of Tamir Rice, a twelve-year old youth killed by Officer trainee Timothy Loehmann in November of 2014. The settlement was announced by a U.S. District Court. The settlement absolves Cleveland of any responsibility for Rice’s murder, a sly method of…

Jazz and Soul singer Paul Williams, known as Billy Paul music fans around the globe, has succumbed to Pancreatic Cancer at the age of 80 at his home in Blackwood, New Jersey. Paul was best known for his patent recording “Me and Mrs. Jones”, a song that highlighted the vaunted “Philadelphia Soul” sound. “Me and…

As I am certain that you have heard by now, our great ancestor and unparalleled freedom fighter Harriet Tubman has been selected to be the new image on the twenty-dollar bill. Tubman’s selection makes her the first African-American to be selected by the U.S. Treasury department to ever appear on American paper currency. Predictably, there…

Chief Johnny C. Whitehead First Black African-American Captain, Major and Colonel of Baltimore County Police Department First Black Chief of Police for Rice University Police Department (RUPD) HOUSTON – The term “force” has been described as, “any influence that causes a free body to change its speed, direction or shape. Force is any physical sort…

In many ways, the recent flooding crisis that placed several Houston areas under unbelievable amounts of water was an enormous opportunity for all Houstonians as well as surrounding counties to come together and fight-back against Mother Nature’s torrential rains. Were I not sitting in Houston myself, I could have been convinced that I had somehow…